"Passing the Flame"

As much as I wished I did own him and Kurama, I do not, but I do own Yuumei and Ankoku.

Summary – Hiei finds a fire demon in Human World who is not that much different from him, except that she can control her dragon. This is Hiei's story of intense training he had to go through to master his own dragon and how he came across an unknown love…

Chapter 1

Hiei walked, well, jumped from light post to light post through the streets of Human World. It was night, of course, and the air was cold and fresh in his nostrils. He was alone, or well, he thought he was until he turned to the direction of the park.

There he saw a young girl, no older than he was, with long black hair with two white strips of hair that bordered her face. Her black hair was pulled up in a loose bun that fell to her shoulders. A white headband covered her forehead, and blocked out what was underneath from his demon eyes. Two metal cuffs enslaved her wrists and ankles. But what really caught her was the dragon floating around her. She smiled as it did so, revealing a pair of large fangs. The Dragon was a Darkness Flame Dragon, like the one he possessed.

"Ankoku," she whispered, instantly dropping the smile on her face. She gently nodded towards Hiei, who gasped only just, surprised to see that she could see her. The dragon disappeared even from his eyes, and suddenly appeared behind him, and clipped him by the back of his shirt, and flew over to the girl. No matter how hard Hiei struggled, or whacked him with his sword, he could not get down. The dragon landed in front of the girl, who gazed at him with glaring burgundy eyes, like his own. "Why were you spying on me?" she growled, revealing that pair of fangs.

"Feh," Hiei said, turning his gaze from her for a second, "Merely passing by." He then turned to face her with his own burgundy eyes, "Why the hell were you performing a Dragon of the Darkness Flame technique in Human World?" The girl smiled only just gently, and turned to the dragon.

"You can put him down. Shrimp here was only curious to possess his-," she stopped dead way, looking at Hiei's bandaged right arm. Her eyes were wide in shock. "You already have your own Darkness Flame Dragon," she gaped. Hiei nodded sharply. "But you can't control yours like I can."

"How much do you want to bet, girl?" he snapped back. The girl in front of him closed her eyes with a slight smile. She was thinking of something Hiei didn't like. She began to laugh. "What?"

"Merely the fact that you can't control your dragon. I can see it in your eyes." Hiei took a step back and found himself leaning against the dragon. Hiei decided to scare the girl. He ran as fast as he could, so human eyes couldn't see him, and ran behind her. She was already facing him. "You possess speed too, huh?" she asked, her eyes wise and all-knowing, yet, they were calculating something, like Kurama's.

Suddenly, she launched forward, sword in hand. Hiei brought his out and fought back. He was amazed by how clean and swift her moves were. He had never faced a fighter like this before. Not even Makuro was this clean and processional. The girl reached out and clipped the collar of Hiei's shirt, and he backed off, placing his hand on the shallow cut on his shoulder. "Yuumei, that should be enough for one night," the dragon's thunderous voice boomed. That got Hiei to step back.

"Your dragon is a speaker?" he gaped, his eyes wide.

"Yours is too, if you open up your ears. Once you learn to control him, you'll find you can speak to him as if you were speaking to Lord Koenma himself."

"Feh, I can control my dragon," Hiei snapped, sheathing his sword.

"I can see that," The girl supposedly named Yuumei said with a slight smile. "That is why he is bandaged and locked inside your arm."

"A fight then?" Hiei asked. Yuumei chuckled slightly.

"Name your place and when, Shrimp," she said a smile still pulling on her lips. "And you name."

"Here, two days time, and why would you care?" he snapped. The girl's head jerked slightly, her eyes meeting his. Soon, she finally shrugged her shoulders.

"Just curious," she finally said. Hiei jumped away, only saying his voice for he knew, for some odd and strange reason, she would know. "Hiei." He leaped away to find a tree far away to rest in for the rest of the night.